Tyler Aikens
August 30, 2012
English 9
Buchwald

A Vision of Students Today PLN

A Vision of Students Today, a video created by the students of Kansas University portrays what to expect in the future of education in the world. As the video begins, it reveals a gargantuan classroom in which students are expected to learn. After just a few words from the students, I can already tell that with the distractions, money wasted, and the multitasking that is included in their daily basis, college is not very pleasurable. They asked a simple question, “What is it like being a student today?” 200 students made over 360 answers, and all 200 students seemed to be at a disgrace. They spent thousands of dollars on textbooks that they never open, very few teachers know them, and the overwhelming cost and wages in the world all seem to be piled on top of their desks. They say technology is the solution. They say they will solve these problems, but they have yet to prove anything.
A Vision of Students Today, created by Kansas University, I believe, offers and considers many different changes that can and should be made. The first change that I believe would solve problems would be to minimize the class sizes, helping to create a better learning environment for the students. They say technology is the solution, but I believe that it is a problem. To many students are on Facebook or chatting with friends. At the end of the video, I could not help but notice the man writing on the chalkboard and this sparked an idea. let us reel back time to maybe twenty years ago, back when education rarely consisted of computers more sophisticated than a calculator. Why? Because this way of learning is obviously not working.